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Plastic explosive
Type of explosive material / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Plastique" redirects here. For other uses, see Plastique (disambiguation).
Plastic explosive is a soft and hand-moldable solid form of explosive material. Within the field of explosives engineering, plastic explosives are also known as putty explosives[1] or blastics.
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Plastic explosives are especially suited for explosive demolition. Common plastic explosives include Semtex and C-4. The first manufactured plastic explosive was gelignite in 1875, invented by Alfred Nobel.